Perceptions of veterinarians and clients to expressions of clinical uncertainty

OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to explore the attitudes of veterinarians and clients towards expressions of clinical uncertainty. METHODS: Questionnaires that assessed the respondent's attitudes towards expressions of clinical uncertainty were completed by clients at six small animal practices. In addition, questionnaires that evaluated what veterinarians thought their client's attitudes would be towards expressions of clinical uncertainty were completed by veterinarians. The responses from clients and veterinarians were statistically compared. RESULTS: Veterinarians significantly underestimated the desire of clients to be told about uncertainties in treatment and significantly overestimated how the expression of uncertainty would generally reduce client confidence. Veterinarians significantly overestimated the loss of client confidence resulting from saying "I am not sure about this" and from asking a nurse for advice. Both clients and veterinarians considered that verbal expressions of uncertainty would lead to a greater reduction in client confidence than behavioural expressions of uncertainty. CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE: This study suggests that most clients want to be told about their veterinarian's clinical uncertainties, and how this uncertainty is expressed can markedly influence client confidence.     

Needle tract implantation after fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) of transitional cell carcinoma of the urinary bladder and adenocarcinoma of the lung

This paper reports three clinical cases of needle tract implantation of neoplastic cells on the abdominal and thoracic wall after ultrasound (US) fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB). Primary tumors were two transitional cell carcinomas of the urinary bladder (2 dogs) and one pulmonary adenocarcinoma (1 cat). All three masses grew up along the needle tract. To our knowledge, the seeding of pulmonary adenocarcinoma cells after FNAB on the thoracic wall has never been reported in veterinary medicine.     

Host status of cover crops for root-lesion nematodes (Pratylenchus spp.) associated with apple orchards in South Africa

Journal of Plant Diseases and Protection - The host response of 17 cover crop cultivars to infection by single-species populations of Pratylenchus hippeastri, Pratylenchus vulnus and Pratylenchus...     

Data Loading Technology of Data Warehouse

Data warehouse is not the simply data accumulation of operational database. For exerting the function of data warehouse, the construction of data warehouse should be convenient for the data mining and business intelligent work, supply information access, analyze, and share for decision maker. The key to constructing a successful data warehouse is to fully understand the demand of end users from beginning to the end, search and storage data surround users motive closely. This paper first analyzes the data warehouse characteristic and the sort of data component, emphasizes in effective data loading methods and strategies from operational database to data warehouse, gives five sorts data loading methods.     

直墙拱形巷道围岩应力场分析

为得出直墙拱形巷道围岩应力分布规律,应用复变函数弹性理论推导了直墙拱形巷道围岩应力分布的解析表达式。对直墙拱形巷道边界的围岩应力和巷道水平线方向的围岩应力分布规律进行分析,并考虑直墙拱形巷道断面高宽比和侧压系数对其影响规律。研究表明：在不同巷道断面高宽比、侧压系数下,直墙拱形巷道围岩应力集中区域主要集中在直墙底部底角处、拱形顶板中点附近和底板中部3个位置。不同巷道断面高宽比下,直墙拱形巷道沿水平线的应力分布规律基本相同。侧压系数大于1时,采用巷道断面高宽比小于1较有利于巷道稳定;侧压系数小于等于1时,采用巷道断面高宽比大于1较有利于巷道稳定。     

人工合成甘蓝型油菜高频率再生研究初报

资源材料保存在作物遗传资源的研究与利用中起到非常重要的作用。该实验以不同来源的人工合成甘蓝型油菜KH106，KH109，KH111D为材料，以花序轴，子房，果柄为外植体研究其再生情况，结果表明，由芥蓝和小白菜人工合成的甘蓝型油菜KH106的再生频率极显著高于由羽衣甘蓝和白菜型油菜人工合成的甘蓝型油菜KH109和KH111；与花序轴和子房为外植体再生频率相比，以果柄为外植体平均再生频率最高，差异达到极显著水平；利用不同预处理培养基处理不同时间，结果显示不经过预处理直接接种到分化培养基上再生频率最高。     

海河低平原杨树││(小麦-玉米)土壤水分消耗研究及其可持续性评价

海河低平原存在着严重的水资源危机,对该区大面积推广的杨树││(小麦-玉米)复合种植模式进行土壤水分消耗规律的研究十分必要.定位实验研究表明:杨树││(小麦-玉米)复合种植模式耗水量高于常规冬小麦-夏玉米的种植模式7.9%(2年林龄)～24.5%(5年林龄);0～4 m土壤贮水总量每年平均下降51.1 mm,相当于总贮水量的4.1%;耕层杨树根系与小麦的土壤水分竞争加剧;深层土壤水分消耗加快,2～4 m土壤层次因无水分回补出现干燥化趋势;土壤水亏缺及光照等其它原因造成复合系统农作物减产趋于严重,其中林龄3年的杨农复合系统的小麦玉米产量减产平均达到35%.对经济、生态效益的综合分析表明该模式在低平原贫水区的持续性发展不容乐观.     

玉米小斑病菌生理小种扫描电镜观察

用扫描电子显微镜观察玉米小斑病致病真菌T、C与O三个生理小种孢子和菌丝的表面结构,发现在生理小种间,孢子、菌丝的大小,表面形态结构,产孢量等存在着某些差异.     

板材多点成形工艺及装备

多点成形法是针对多品种、小批量的三维曲面板材成形的一种柔性加工法。采用这种方法可替代传统的模具,从而节省模具制造费用。本文介绍了有关这一加工方法的基本原理并在自制的简单多点试验机上进行了一系列试验,对4种不同的多点成形法的成形效果进行了讨论。